Prospective randomized comparative study between EBRT alone and EBRT with ILRT boost in locally advanced unresectable esophageal cancer - Tertiary rural Indian cancer center experience

Background: Local recurrence within the gross tumor volume following a conventional radiation dose of 50 Gy is a major jerome brown jersey hurdle in achieving a better prognosis for esophageal carcinoma.Consequently, there remains a lack of consensus globally regarding the optimal dose for definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy.Certain studies pro

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The effect of training image and secondary data integration with multiple-point geostatistics in groundwater modelling

Multiple-point geostatistical simulation (MPS) has recently become popular in stochastic hydrogeology, primarily because of its capability to derive multivariate distributions from a training image (TI).However, its application in three-dimensional (3-D) simulations has been constrained by the difficulty of constructing a 3-D TI.The object-based un

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Leucocytozoon infections in tits (Aves, Paridae): blood and tissue stages investigated using an integrative approach

Leucocytozoon species are cosmopolitan and prevalent avian parasites, with some infections being lethal, mainly due to the exo-erythrocytic development of the parasite in bird tissues.The patterns of exo-erythrocytic development in Leucocytozoon spp.infections in wild birds remain poorly studied.This study investigated the development of Leucocytoz

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Applicability of Convex and Concave Shaped Surface Texturing to Improve Damping Performance of Mechanical Tensioner for Timing Chain of Internal Combustion Engine

The present study describes an improvement of damping performance of a mechanical tensioner driven by friction force at the power spring interface, used for the timing chain system for an internal combustion engine.The mechanical tensioner consists of a power spring subjected to face-to-face contact with a reciprocal motion and a leaf spring to app

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